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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
PRECIOUS METALS.
How the United States Is Benefited by It's
Gold and Silver Product.

How the United States Is Benefited by It's
Gold and Silver Product.
The gold and silver product of this
country last year was $50, 200, 900, of
which $35, OOO, 900 was in gold and $51,
900, 900 in silver. This is a larger total
than was ever before produced in one
year, though gold production alone was
largest in 1858, when it amounted to
$65, 100000. This was in the height of
the California gold excitement. Col
orado with $40, 900, 900 worth Of precious
metals per year, and Montana with
$17, zoo, 900, both lead California, whose
product last year was SIG, 100000. These
enormous yearly outputs of the precious
metals enable this country to endure
balance of trade against us without in
jury. In other words, we buy what we
consider more useful than gold, and
thus equalize the worlds supply of the
precious metals. 1t is only thus that these
mines could continue to be profitable
to us. Spain some centuries ago tried
to hold a monopoly of the precious
metals, which were mainly mined in
ntI hulcl iCdu COlOuIOS. AC lCStllU WAS,
the Spaniard became lazy and good for
nothing; his country grew to be the
dearest land to live in under the sun.
With plenty of money and nothing
else, there was no encouragement to
work. 1t was cheaper to buy any
thing than it was to produce it. Spain
suffered from glut Of gold and silver
by precisely the same causes which this
country suffered from during our era
OF deprecated paper currency after the
war. Diffusing these large gold and
silver products through the civilized
world, they must produce increased
prosperity everywhere. Our advantage
in producing, then, will be mainly that
this fact gives us the first handling Of
the money, and with nations as with
men those who have plenty of money
can do the most successful trading
Boston Budget.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
Social Posers Answered,

Rodolphus (Hackensack) says: CD
"Will you suggest an easy and graceful
mode of acknowledging an introduction
to young lady. Something not scon-
veptional or formalP (2) How much
ought to pay for supper for myself
and lady friend after the theaterp (S)
Would you advise me to marry on eight
dollars a week." ~ "Ah, there!''
(2) The girl will settle that for you.
Any suggestions on our part would be
superfuous. (S) No, Rodolphus, we
would not, but you'll do it-mark our
our words. you'll do it; we see it in ev-
cry line of your beautifully written let
ter. You'll do it; and oh, Rodolphus,
how sorry you'll be for it! The day
will come when you'll wish you had
followed our advice, but just now you
don't feel that way. We are sorry for
you, Rodolphus, real sorry, and that 8
about all we can say.-ISd Bsts
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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
Good Enough for the Pig.

A poor Irishman was standing in the
door of his little cabin, clothed with
corduroy breaches and gray stockings.
A pig was playing inside with his
children. passing Englishman said
to him: my good fellow. why do you
allow that pig in your house?'
Hasn't the house every accommo-
dation that reasonable pig could re-
quire?' answered Pat YoutA's Com
pussio,a
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
Entirely Too Economical.

Adelbert-We are engaged to be
married, you know, Ethel?
Ethel, Yes, l know.
"And with the full consent of your
parents.
yes"
"Then why will you not allow me
to place my arm around waist?"
IL suppose it is the economic teach
ings of my father, Adelbert
''What has that got to do with it,
Ethel?"
HE said must never allow any
thing go to waist. "-Teras Siftings.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
A MYSTERIOUS CASE.
The Strange Disappearance of the Fir
Female Treasury Clerk.

Inc Strange disappearance OF rlrBt
Female Treasury Clerk.
The question as to who was the first
female employe in the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington having been rails
ed, General F. E. Spinner, who resides
in Mohawk, was called upon to decide
it. The name of the first lady. he says,
was jeanette L. Douglass. Miss Doug
lass was born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N. Y, and was neighbQr OF
the philanthropist, Gerritt Smith, and it
was through his influence that General
Spinner made the appointment. Miss
Douglass was in 1860 teacher in Mrs.
Smiths female seminary in Washing
ton, in the building occupied by JEFF
ferson Davis while he was Secretary of
War.
At the outbreak of the civil war the
school was broken up and Miss Doug
lass rented the mansion of Mrs. Gaines
and opened girls school,. 1t was not
a success, and she went to Scotland to
look after property there to which she
had fallen heir. She returned to New
York City in 1870, and wrote to her
brother from there, saying she would
soon join him in lion. Since that time
neither he nor any of his friends have
ever seen or heard of Miss Douglass.
Whether she got her fortune or not,
whether she was robbed, kidnapped or
murdered or committed suicide is not
known. The mystery of her disap-
pearance will probably never be solved.
N Y. Tribune.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
Plantation Philosophy.

Some folks dat Use met is like new
pertaters. Da's mighty fine at fus',
but sometimes goes awful ergin yer ar
forwards.
De bes' po' mans frien' 'mong de
rich amt de man dat wuz ha'f starved
till he made 'er strike an den made
money, but de man dat has been putty
we'll fixed all his life.
Use mighty 'spicious O. de man dat
allus wants to put hisse'f out ter COM
erdate me. | rented er house frum err
pusson like dat an de fust thing |
knowed he put me out ter comerdate
hisse'f -ArkansaU Traveller.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.
Bons-Fide Answers TO Questions Asked lr
New York's Public Schools.

NeW Iofhs SChoofss
GRAMMATICAL.
Capitals begin every line of Deity.
When you speak of yourself you should
begin IL with capital letter.
A quotation is asking question.
We study grammar to get the senses.
A pronoun is word when we can't
get noun.
Brackets set things off so they won't
have any thing to do with the sentence.
An intransitive verb expresses an act
not done to another, as James did not
strike John.
A figure means something different
from what it says.
Prose tells things that are true right
along just as they are, and poetry
makes it up as you go along.
MATHEMATICAL.
A factor is a number which divided
by another number equals the number
of parts.
A prim facktor is factor that stands
for facter.
A common fraction is made up of
two parts with separation between
them.
A vulgar fraction has one fraction
over the line and the other under it.
Parallel lines are lines that can never
meet until they run together.
A circle is round straight line with
a hole in the middle. The base of a
triangle is the sum of its two Sides
To find the number of square feet in
in room you multiply the room by
the number of the feet. The product
is the result.
A parallelogram has all its sides
parallel.
GEOGRAPHICAL.
The three natural divisions of Amer
lea are Europe, Ashea and Africa.
America consists from north to south
about five hundred miles.
America is in the torade zone.
The Rocking Mountains are the graft
est in America.
New York is bounded by Montreal
New York was once called the En-
pel.ior State because it once had En-
peror.
Mason and Dixon's line is the equator.
The rapids OF st. florence is caused
by the canoes of the Indianes.
In Austria the principal occupation
is gathering Austrich feathers.
Germany has very little clubbable
land.
The two most famous volcanoes of
Europe are Sodom and Gomorrah.
The imports of country are the
things that are paid for. The exports
are the things that are not.
Climate lasts all the time and weather
only few days.
HISTORICAL.
Christopher Columbus was called the
father of his country.
Queen Isabella, of Spain, sold her
watch and chain and other millinery, so
that Columbus could discover America.
Columbus knew that the earth was
round because he balanced an egg on
the table.
Captain John Smith has been styled
the father of his country. His life was
saved by his daughter Pocahontas.
The Puritans found an insane asylum
in the wilds of America.
George Washington was born in 1892.
Washington died in Spain almost
broken-hearted. His remains were
taken to the Cathedral in Havana.
The Britons founded the Druids. The
Druids were supposed to be Roman
Catholics.
The middle ages come in between
antiquity and posterity.
Henry Eight was famous for being a
great widower having lost several wives.
Queen Mary married the Dolphin
N Y Tribune.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
The Bellefonte (Penn.) News tell

The Bellefonte (Penn.) News tells
a story of man who came to that
town lately and ate. for the first time
in his life. slice of sponge cake. He
liked it. and being assured that it was
wholesome, went and bought lot of
sponges and took them home for his
wife to make sponge cake Of But we
don't believe il
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
Recently an old trunk was sold a

Recently an old trunk was sold at
auction in Washington for twenty-five
cents. 1t was filled with rubbish. and
the buyer sent it home, intending to
have it cleaned out. This was done
few days ago, and the trunk was
found to contain a solid silver shield,
which appears to have been on the
coffin of George Washington. The
plate from the casket has been miss
ing ever since the attempt to steal the
remains, in 1887.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
George Whalen was riding near

George Whalen was riding near
The Dalles, Ore, recently, when his
lariat, coied on the horn of his sad
die, was jolted off as the horse ran.
While at full speed he undertook to
gather up the rope. and it became in
some manner twisted around the
thumb of his left hand. At that in-
slant the moose dragging ON the'ground
caught on large rock, and the sud-
den jerk cut the thumb off between
the first and second joints us clean as
u done with = Ratchet
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16

Recent observations show that sore
throats often result from the breathing
ing Of c6al-gas.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16
ABOUT THE THUMB.
Its Place and Peculiar Power in
Human Affairs.

What Writers OF All Ages Have Had to
Say About it-Customs. Uses and Abuses
some Interesting Facts,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-07-16

IIUUTay! HU0Tdy! HUUTay!
II could not endure the ordeal any
longer, and eluding the hands that tried
to detain me, amid the boisterous
laughter of the crowd, l ran for my
horse, and jumping into the saddle, in
a few minutes was racing down the
gulch, the wild "hooray'' of the crowd
ringing in my ears. That was my first
and last attempt to ''orate. - Youth $
CO7nD1uiOn
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-21
"A story Of John TIA ndolpn.

Philadelphia, Mus. F7s li 3#
Hero Ia q story Of John Randolph, Of
Roanoke, which 10 a matter Of tradition in
Buckingham county, Virginia, but has
seldom been printed, II ever. A negro
was accused OF some Infamous crimo which
raised the popular Indignation to such a
height that the accused wretch would
have been lynched could tho populace
have laid hands on him. But the sheriff
and strong jail saved hisli The negro
was arraigned In due form. when sudden.
ly Randolph untertook his defense. The
popular indignation was at once transfer.
cd 10 tho sturdy descendant Of Pocahonta1,
aud intimate friends, believing he
WAS In danger, endeavored to induce him
TO withdraw from tho defense. The Lord
Of Roanoke wss not man to turn back.
lie dched public opinion, and at last,
when no arose 10 speak, conquered 1t
through his first oloquently doGant sen.
tonces. "In the dsys OF childhood" he
began, II learned from the best OF teacheru
Of childhood, q Christian mother, tina.
tho fear Of tho Lord Is the beginning OF
wisdom; ! inthe days OF manhood Learned
from that bes. OF teachesa OF manhood, OK.
periencs, that fear OF man Is the conaum-
nation Of folly" Thoae who heard this
brilliant opening could not but admire ita
exquisite autlthesis. Indignation ceased,
| The negro was acquitted,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-21
Ought IA Womuu to b, IIupccde

In the State Of Now York woman
named Druse is under sentence Of death
for the murder OF her husband. There is,
We believe, clear and indisputable Gaze
against the woman. The murder was
accompanied by moro than ordinary hoy-
rora. But it is enough to know that the
oGense was murder in the first degree,
that the accused was convicted alter q
fair triat and sentenced to BIO hanged.
Tho proceedings were all just az regular
IS though hra. Druso had been a man.
Was this right?
There aro people in New York who
insist that there ought to be q different
course OF treatment for women who do
murder in the first degree. The Cover
nor has eaid that ii the Lesisla-
ture will say that women shall not
be hanged. although tho Legislature
cannot reach tho case Of Mrs. Drusc,
he will accept that ss an expression
Of public sentiment, and Mrs. Druse nhall
not be hanged. A bill abolishing the
death penalty for women has been dis.
cussed in committee, but it does not seem
that it will pass. .ls
Hanging 10 revolving thing at beat.
It aeems 10 present itgelf in an aspect OF
unusual horror when q woman is to pay
that terrible penalty. Perhaps this is so
in part because tho spectacle itself 10 rare.
Certainly it grows out OF the chivalrous
sentiment, strongly rooted, that q woman
can do nothing that makes it right to in
flict upon her physical puniahmcnt. 1t
has aome!hing to do WITH the feeling that
nobody ought to be hnnged; and that
which ought not to be at all becomes all
intolerable onormity when applied to a
woman. Ei.t5
Equal rights before the law Is q safe and
a sound doctrine; everybody on tho same
level in the sight OF the law. A mans
right to be hanged is no greater than
woman's. II tits right to hang man it
is right to hang woman.
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Ghe Qtttelliqastlrrr,
". VA, FEBRUARY 81, 1897.
Tho Bounding Kidd.

The great act Of the ccason on the eau
Gus aide has been performed by Mr.. Kidd.
Fiom the reports VIC arc Obliged to i'm
asino tho Gtfmer Delegates aonl as being
In arms and eaSer for the fray when the
two houses met in joint session. He had
determined to have fun with tho states.
man and poet from tho sovereign county
OF Jefferson. Ho would cavort around
Col. Lucss, and kick up hishcols and snort
In the hope OF getting Jefferson on the
hip. tT =
There wns vigorous cracking OF the
ancient chestnut, and Col. Lucas was
forced, out Of the necessity Of the Gaze, To
plant bis feet firmly in the vicinity Of the
bounding and too intense Kidd. and in
thu. position Of great strategic advantage
to insert corkecrew in tho man from
Gilmcr. Mr.. Kidd, as in duty bound,
Z squirmed, but without avail. a
The corkscrew waa iammed in further,
and a mightier grip tnken on Ii. When
tho vital point had been reached COL
Lucas jeIked out his corkacrew in
triumph, and behold, quivering on the
end OF tho same was tho draft OF tho
c,ucus nominee! Now that was what
the wicked man from Jefferson was
fishing for.
Even this YVES no. all. Mr.. Kidd, in q
moment OF ccstacy, bubbling over with
pride in The CAUCUS, declared that the
caucus would stay there till the COVE came
home, or words to that effect, and that au
Tor himsell, he would be found shouting
"Oamdon" with his latest breath.
Well, If this is tho intention, then there
is no probability that tho discordans Dem.
octatic lac!ionu will come together on a
compromise man and go home with voices
attuned to harmony. And il this DO 60,
that removes oDe OF tho reasons advanced
by some Republicans Tor their intention
to support the Democratic CAUCUS nom.
inee.
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DREAKTAST BUDGET.

Bo3ton's new city court house, when
completed, will cost s., 100000. ~
There Is a $50 year pcatollice vacant in
ArkanBss, for which there are thirty seven
applicants. ~ 80
The cigars smoked in this country
annually, if put end to end, would reach
around the earth nine timeD.
The original copy OF Shelley's "Mask OF
Anarchy" has been found in England.
It contains two more stanzas than those in
the copy published in 1882.
The consumption OF tea in the United
States reaches Is, 600 900 pounds annually.
Black tea and green tea grow on the same
plant. The black color is produced by a
different mode Of treatment. !.
There still remain unuurvsyoa sbnrt
0,000,0 900 acres Of public land in Colorado,
1900, 600 in Arizona, nearly SC, 1000. 900 in
California, 100000 In Dakota, 100000
in Florida, A, 000. 900 in Idaho, 100000
in Minnesota, S9,00O,000 in Nevada, AZ.
100000 in Montana, 100000 in Utah,
moro than 100000 in Washington Ter.
ritory, and go on. fs 49,
Western newspapers are printing pic
lures OF two hands. each holding i've
cards. Tho left hand has q lack. acc md
nine Of clubs, and acc and ton Of spades :
the right tho jack Of spades, the king,
queen and ten Of clubs and the ace Of din.
lnonds. These represent two euchre
hands, clubs being trumpn. The problem
Is (Which hand wins"
With regard to glacier ics curious
speculation has recently been made, &C.
cording to which the Ale:sch glacier.
situated between the Jungfrau and tho
valley Of the Haute Rhone, II it were cut
into blocks OF the s;zo OF the Paris Bourse,
and thsee blocks were put Bide by side.
would furnish sufficient ice to form a
double ring round the earth along tho
equator. 55 =.
The most magnificent sapphire in the
world is the property Of a noble Russian
family. 1t Is over two inchea in length
and Is an inch and d half wide, its color
being rich azure. twas in the keeping
of Partisan jsweler some years ago, whom
the sum OF 100000 francs was offered
for it by one Of the Rothschilds, but the
offer was refused. 1T Is mounted as a
brooch, and is surrounded by large dia.
monds, q smaller sapphire, similarly
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a Commr,on.sense ncs.meax,

In tho natter Of curatiyes what YOU
want Is something that will do Ito work
while you continue to do yours-a remedy
that will give you no inconvenience nor
interfere with your business. Such rom
edy. ID Allcock's Porous Plasters. These
plassers arc purely vegetable and absolute.
" harmless. They require no change OF
diet. and arc not affected by wet or cold,
Their action does not Interfere with labor
or business; you can toll and yet be cured
while hard at work. They are 60 puro
that tho youngest, the oldest, tho most
delicate person OF either sex can nee them
with great benefit. ,5.5= =, - : :
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VH1Tu j 0TE - Nv - ~ u n y
First Omaha msn-"Why, I thought
Dr.. Blank was your physician" Second
Omaha Mantle was, hut gave him
up; he's born IDIOT" "Oh, como now:
you mus. be prejudicod." swell, YOU
can judge for yourself; he said there was
nothing the matter with mo but excepsiyo
eating" "A1ay DO IFS &c." 80! WHY, /
board" l,fl 'gt5'' - :
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Still Pccking ut the Plumber,

Val! Afttl Daily Nara. -
"Your husband is in tho Legislature.
isn't ,he?" was asked OF Cieyaland'a
plumbers vile. EYES, sir" "He will
probably introduce bill or two?" MHe
probably will-that is, If any Of tho wa.
ter pipes burst-and give him a chance to
mako nuan - : -.l-.--- = -, -.
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mounted, LoIpe suspended from Il as a

pendant. ~ 8i skfl "a ls3 s
An old churchin Utica, N. Y, which Ia
soon 10 be- torn down, belongs 10 a society
which was organized by tho Reformed
Dutch In 1923. and chartered as a congre-
cation Ny William III in 1906. Tho build.
Ing was erected in 1889, and during ils
erection riot arose bccause tho marble
wss cut by Sing Sing conyicig.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-21

Tho Baltimore & Ohio are selling chesp
excu1sion tickets to Los Angelou and San
Francisco, also to principal points in
Florida and the South. For full informa.
ton call on or address T. @. Burke, Ticket
Agent Baltimore 4 Ohio, Wheeling, W.
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Cheap Excursion Tickets to tho son,h

Cheap Excursion Tickets to tho South.
Cheap excursion tickets to principal
points IN the South are now on sale by
tho Panhandle route. For tickets and
further particulars call on or address J, g..
Iomllnson, passenger agent, Panhandle
Route, Wheeling, W. Va. 3gl5ll - :,
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BURTON Friday evening" February Is, 1887, at 10
o'clock, at the residence OF hts parents In steu-
bcnytlle, Ohio, FRANK o., sou OF Mason ". aud
Abbc G. Burt, I...--1. ~
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Tho Sort of Canynss.nnck puck uo Urn

Tho Sort of Cnnvnss-Bnck Duck Ho was.
CornraA, N. J.. Reflector. s,,5
Publisher-"You think you can canvass
for my paper with success 2" Applicant
|-!"Oh, yes, SIR Publieher-"i'll en-
gage you, as Pm rather impressed in your
favor; by the way, for what papers have
you esssd?" "For none, SIR" "Eh! !
why you gave mo to understand you had
experience as 8 caEvaaaer ?" "In pork
house, cir; used to canvass ham,"
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Special, NOTICES.

FlTs:-4il Fits stopped tree by d.. Kline q Great
Nerve Ressoses. No Fits after inst days use. Mar
Vicious cures Treatise and s. % trial bottle Tree IN
Fitcases Send to Dr. Kline es1 Arch st., Phila. p,
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Winter Exposure Causes Collehs

Coles, pieutsy. Rheumatism, Pneumonia, Neu:ul
Sa a ssia ia hnmhsgo, Backache and other ali.
admitted 70 DO the best remedy Known Th asy
relieve and cure IN few hours when no other n.
Phssesus IS al Sna 9 s,ss ssne Endorsed
uhder similarly sounding names, sueh M ..%arsi'
CUM, "Capslcin" or "Cspsicine." al Tor IN,
sons and and fase no Others. Examine carefully wbcn
you puy. AL druggists. = -'.gl.l1E a 49, "AeA
". sEABURY & JOHNSON, pton,ieto,.,f 4.
-- Ye.gH - - ~ ~. New YORK =.
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AN APPEAL,

"Who shall say what eingle faloa idea
may do to damorslizo noble band of
men. I hope that, if in this case there is
any danger OF decentralization, the FEEBLE
EFFORT l am making may instill new
courage into heroic band Of men. A mo.
mont for the consideration of-.tho Rspub-
licans of this assembly, in their individual
capacity. Hero We may well pause for e
time" @ h
1t ia sad that the rage in the mind of
Colonel Morris for notosiety surpasses his
ability to become wisely famous. Perhaps
80 small gun never made so crest or so
offensive report; but you know great
tons Of wsdding and dirty powder never
hit the mark.
Tho unique Colonel's jumping at tho
conclusion that ho was standing in the
breach, stemming with his mighty preu-
ence tho tide Of Republican stsmpedera to
the Camden ranch, is a picture equal to
Betaey's husband, in the rsfters, while she
killed the bear. tgll.
SHERIDAN twenty imiles away" saving
the day at: Winchester, at tho opportune
moment, was nothing in the menta! magic.
lantern Of Mr.. Morris in comparison with
his grand rally Of the backslide.a on that
black Friday, last week. MACK,
Ripley, " IA. ag.5